Israeli soccer fans attacked in a wave of violence in Amsterdam

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC supporters were reportedly the target of violence in Amsterdam on Thursday before and during the soccer team’s match against Ajax.

Videos posted on social media appeared to show several fights in the streets.

Spanish media reported earlier this week that anti-Israel agitators would protest outside the stadium where the match was played, targeting the club and its fans.

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Israeli fans with flags in the stands. (Reuters/Jennifer Lorenzini)

Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, gave an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday night.

“We are seeing a pogrom against Jews and Israelis unfolding in Amsterdam,” Danon said. “In 2024. This must stop. ‘Globalize the intifada’ was not just a slogan for these terrorist supporters. I urge the Dutch government to help all Israelis and Jews immediately. It is time to respond with force against these barbaric rioters .”

Danon also elaborated and posted a video on X

“We are receiving very disturbing reports of extreme violence against Israelis and Jews on the streets of the Netherlands,” he wrote. “There is currently a pogrom taking place in Europe in 2024. These are the true faces of the followers of the radical terrorism we are fighting. The western world must wake up now!!

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“This is the time when the UN should immediately and clearly condemn the violence of the Palestinians and their supporters. The Dutch authorities must take decisive action against terrorism now.”

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called on the Dutch authorities to act.

Dozens of arrests were made on Thursday night, most before the match, Holland’s RTL reported.

“There have been disturbances, including on the dam,” a spokesman for the Dutch National Police told the magazine. “We cannot tell who belongs to whom. The groups are not easy to distinguish from each other, almost all of them are wearing dark clothes.”

Maccabi Tel Aviv players warm up before a match. (Reuters/Yves Herman)

The incidents came 13 months after Hamas launched a terror attack on Israel, killing and kidnapping hundreds.

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The Jerusalem Post noted that the attacks came hours after the Netherlands celebrated the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

Fox News’ Ben Evansky contributed to this report.

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